24May Chargercity DSLR Smartphone Hot Shoe Mount Review
As you can see from the video, the DSLR Smartphone Hot Shoe Mount adapter has a pretty strong grip for a spring loaded clamp. I wouldn’t have any problem trusting this as an attachment point for a smartphone or the TP-Link wireless router on a rig. If you are looking for a car or motorcycle mounting option you might want to check out the RetiCam mount Mathias mentioned in the comment section earlier this week. It’s a little more expensive ($25) and it doesn’t include a cold shoe adapter but it is made out of machined aluminum and uses a threaded thumbscrew clamp for mounting.
Overall I’d say the DSLR Smartphone Hot Shoe Mount adapter clamp is pretty decent for the price. The only real complaint (also mentioned in the video) I have is the placement of the adjustment ball. While it does allow you to rotate, it would be nice if it faced up instead of out. That change would give you a few more positioning options for your phone. Of course you could always add a friction arm to the bottom of the unit if you need more flexibility.
May 24th, 2014 at 6:52 pm
You can buy a larger clam shell for about $6 on Amazon that will hold any phone and even most any mid range tablets. I’ll leave a link since I don’t know how to leave a picture.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007S6L1QQ/ref=oh_details_o07_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
This used to be $10 but you can pick it up for $3.39 right now. It’s a much larger clamp and I’m sure will have it’s own angle issues but it works great for me.
May 24th, 2014 at 6:56 pm
One more solution: get a ball joint and attach it to the tripod and then attach the cold shoe holder on the ball joint and you can move it around anyway you want and that will give you any angle you could possibly need.